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pack(n)			     Tk Built-In Commands		       pack(n)

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NAME
       pack - Geometry manager that packs around edges of cavity

SYNOPSIS
       pack option arg ?arg ...?
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DESCRIPTION
       The  pack  command  is  used to communicate with the packer, a geometry
       manager that arranges the children of a parent by packing them in order
       around  the edges of the parent.	 The pack command can have any of sev‐
       eral forms, depending on the option argument:

       pack slave ?slave ...? ?options?
	      If the first argument to pack is a window name (any value start‐
	      ing  with “.”), then the command is processed in the same way as
	      pack configure.

       pack configure slave ?slave ...? ?options?
	      The arguments consist of the names of one or more slave  windows
	      followed	by  pairs  of arguments that specify how to manage the
	      slaves.  See THE PACKER ALGORITHM below for details on  how  the
	      options  are used by the packer.	The following options are sup‐
	      ported:

	      -after other
		     Other must the name of another window.  Use its master as
		     the  master  for  the  slaves, and insert the slaves just
		     after other in the packing order.

	      -anchor anchor
		     Anchor must be a valid anchor position such as n  or  sw;
		     it	 specifies where to position each slave in its parcel.
		     Defaults to center.

	      -before other
		     Other must the name of another window.  Use its master as
		     the  master  for  the  slaves, and insert the slaves just
		     before other in the packing order.

	      -expand boolean
		     Specifies whether the slaves should be expanded  to  con‐
		     sume  extra  space in their master.  Boolean may have any
		     proper boolean value, such as 1 or no.  Defaults to 0.

	      -fill style
		     If a slave's parcel is larger than its  requested	dimen‐
		     sions,  this  option  may	be  used to stretch the slave.
		     Style must have one of the following values:

		     none   Give the slave its requested dimensions  plus  any
			    internal  padding requested with -ipadx or -ipady.
			    This is the default.

		     x	    Stretch the slave horizontally to fill the	entire
			    width of its parcel (except leave external padding
			    as specified by -padx).

		     y	    Stretch the slave vertically to  fill  the	entire
			    height  of	its parcel (except leave external pad‐
			    ding as specified by -pady).

		     both   Stretch the slave  both  horizontally  and	verti‐
			    cally.

	      -in other
		     Insert  the  slave(s) at the end of the packing order for
		     the master window given by other.

	      -ipadx amount
		     Amount specifies how much horizontal internal padding  to
		     leave  on	each  side  of the slave(s).  Amount must be a
		     valid screen distance, such as 2 or .5c.  It defaults  to
		     0.

	      -ipady amount
		     Amount  specifies	how  much vertical internal padding to
		     leave on each side of the slave(s).  Amount  defaults  to
		     0.

	      -padx amount
		     Amount  specifies how much horizontal external padding to
		     leave on each side of the slave(s).  Amount may be a list
		     of two values to specify padding for left and right sepa‐
		     rately.  Amount defaults to 0.

	      -pady amount
		     Amount specifies how much vertical	 external  padding  to
		     leave on each side of the slave(s).  Amount may be a list
		     of two values to specify padding for top and bottom sepa‐
		     rately.  Amount defaults to 0.

	      -side side
		     Specifies	which  side of the master the slave(s) will be
		     packed against.  Must be left,  right,  top,  or  bottom.
		     Defaults to top.

	      If  no  -in,  -after or -before option is specified then each of
	      the slaves will be inserted at the end of the packing  list  for
	      its  parent unless it is already managed by the packer (in which
	      case it will be left where it is).  If one of these  options  is
	      specified	 then all the slaves will be inserted at the specified
	      point.  If any of the slaves are already managed by the geometry
	      manager  then any unspecified options for them retain their pre‐
	      vious values rather than receiving default values.

       pack forget slave ?slave ...?
	      Removes each of the slaves from the packing order for its master
	      and  unmaps their windows.  The slaves will no longer be managed
	      by the packer.

       pack info slave
	      Returns a list whose  elements  are  the	current	 configuration
	      state  of the slave given by slave in the same option-value form
	      that might be specified to pack configure.  The first  two  ele‐
	      ments  of	 the list are “-in master” where master is the slave's
	      master.

       pack propagate master ?boolean?
	      If boolean has a true boolean value such as 1 or on then	propa‐
	      gation  is  enabled for master, which must be a window name (see
	      GEOMETRY PROPAGATION below).  If boolean	has  a	false  boolean
	      value  then  propagation	is  disabled for master.  In either of
	      these cases an empty string is returned.	If boolean is  omitted
	      then  the command returns 0 or 1 to indicate whether propagation
	      is currently enabled for	master.	  Propagation  is  enabled  by
	      default.

       pack slaves master
	      Returns  a  list	of  all of the slaves in the packing order for
	      master.  The order of the slaves in the  list  is	 the  same  as
	      their  order in the packing order.  If master has no slaves then
	      an empty string is returned.

THE PACKER ALGORITHM
       For each master the packer maintains an ordered list of	slaves	called
       the  packing  list.  The -in, -after, and -before configuration options
       are used to specify the master for each slave and the slave's  position
       in  the	packing	 list.	 If none of these options is given for a slave
       then the slave is added to the end of the packing list for its parent.

       The packer arranges the slaves for a master  by	scanning  the  packing
       list in order.  At the time it processes each slave, a rectangular area
       within the master is still unallocated.	This area is called  the  cav‐
       ity;  for the first slave it is the entire area of the master.

       For each slave the packer carries out the following steps:

       [1]    The  packer  allocates  a rectangular parcel for the slave along
	      the side of the cavity given by the slave's  -side  option.   If
	      the  side	 is  top or bottom then the width of the parcel is the
	      width of the cavity and its height is the	 requested  height  of
	      the  slave  plus	the -ipady and -pady options.  For the left or
	      right side the height of the parcel is the height of the	cavity
	      and  the	width  is  the	requested  width of the slave plus the
	      -ipadx and -padx options.	 The parcel may	 be  enlarged  further
	      because of the -expand option (see EXPANSION below)

       [2]    The  packer chooses the dimensions of the slave.	The width will
	      normally be the slave's requested width plus  twice  its	-ipadx
	      option  and  the	height	will normally be the slave's requested
	      height plus twice its -ipady  option.   However,	if  the	 -fill
	      option  is  x or both then the width of the slave is expanded to
	      fill the width of the parcel, minus twice the -padx option.   If
	      the  -fill  option  is y or both then the height of the slave is
	      expanded to fill the width of the parcel, minus twice the	 -pady
	      option.

       [3]    The packer positions the slave over its parcel.  If the slave is
	      smaller than the parcel then the -anchor option determines where
	      in  the  parcel  the slave will be placed.  If -padx or -pady is
	      non-zero, then the given amount of external padding will	always
	      be left between the slave and the edges of the parcel.

       Once  a	given  slave  has  been packed, the area of its parcel is sub‐
       tracted from the cavity, leaving a smaller rectangular cavity  for  the
       next  slave.   If  a  slave  does not use all of its parcel, the unused
       space in the parcel will not be used by subsequent slaves.  If the cav‐
       ity should become too small to meet the needs of a slave then the slave
       will be given whatever space is left in	the  cavity.   If  the	cavity
       shrinks	to  zero  size,	 then all remaining slaves on the packing list
       will be unmapped from the screen until the master window becomes	 large
       enough to hold them again.

   EXPANSION
       If a master window is so large that there will be extra space left over
       after all of its slaves have been packed, then the extra space is  dis‐
       tributed uniformly among all of the slaves for which the -expand option
       is set.	Extra horizontal space is  distributed	among  the  expandable
       slaves  whose  -side is left or right, and extra vertical space is dis‐
       tributed among the expandable slaves whose -side is top or bottom.

   GEOMETRY PROPAGATION
       The packer normally computes how large a master must be to just exactly
       meet  the  needs	 of  its  slaves,  and it sets the requested width and
       height of the master to these dimensions.  This causes geometry	infor‐
       mation to propagate up through a window hierarchy to a top-level window
       so that the entire sub-tree sizes itself to fit the needs of  the  leaf
       windows.	  However,  the pack propagate command may be used to turn off
       propagation for one or more masters.  If propagation is	disabled  then
       the  packer  will not set the requested width and height of the packer.
       This may be useful if, for example, you wish for	 a  master  window  to
       have a fixed size that you specify.

RESTRICTIONS ON MASTER WINDOWS
       The  master  for	 each  slave  must  either  be the slave's parent (the
       default) or a descendant of the slave's parent.	 This  restriction  is
       necessary  to  guarantee	 that the slave can be placed over any part of
       its master that is visible without danger of the slave being clipped by
       its parent.

PACKING ORDER
       If  the	master	for  a slave is not its parent then you must make sure
       that the slave is higher in the stacking order than the master.	Other‐
       wise  the  master  will	obscure the slave and it will appear as if the
       slave has not been packed correctly.  The easiest way to make sure  the
       slave  is  higher than the master is to create the master window first:
       the most recently created window will be highest in the stacking order.
       Or,  you	 can  use  the raise and lower commands to change the stacking
       order of either the master or the slave.

EXAMPLE
	      # Make the widgets
	      label .t -text "This widget is at the top"    -bg red
	      label .b -text "This widget is at the bottom" -bg green
	      label .l -text "Left\nHand\nSide"
	      label .r -text "Right\nHand\nSide"
	      text .mid
	      # Lay them out
	      pack .t	-side top    -fill x
	      pack .b	-side bottom -fill x
	      pack .l	-side left   -fill y
	      pack .r	-side right  -fill y
	      pack .mid -expand 1    -fill both

SEE ALSO
       grid(n), place(n)

KEYWORDS
       geometry manager, location, packer, parcel, propagation, size

Tk				      4.0			       pack(n)
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